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romney. he's been traveling around the country. he's not shy at all talking about how delighted and honored he would be if asked to be the vice presidential nominee. we know that mitt romney versus barack obama is not a good outcome. what if mitt romney picked virginia governor, wouldn't that put him over the top. wouldn't that lock up virginia for the republicans. you want to see the bob mcdonald effect. by himself mitt romney loses to barack obama by eight points. get ready for the bob mcdonald bump. ready. go. aww. bob mcdonald has a tiny bump. a minibump. a one-point bump. he loses by seven points. even bob mcdonald is down. his approval rating has dropped. the pollsters looking for an explaination for governor mcdonnell's approval rating drop turns to two bills. the forced ultrasound bill and the bill repealing the one handgun a month aents gun running law. virginia voters preferred the old gun law. the one a month limit on handguns over the repeal signed. they also found that the state is not happy with the law that gave bob
romney. he's been traveling around the country. he's not shy at all talking about how delighted and honored he would be if asked to be the vice presidential nominee. we know that mitt romney versus barack obama is not a good outcome. what if mitt romney picked virginia governor, wouldn't that put him over the top. wouldn't that lock up virginia for the republicans. you want to see the bob mcdonald effect. by himself mitt romney loses to barack obama by eight points. get ready for the bob...
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it has also been a good night for mitt romney. mitt romney winning in idaho. winning in virginia where only he and ron paul were on the ballot winning his home state of massachusetts in vermont and squeaking one out in ohio. these are the of all states won throughout the country up to and including tonight. you are seeing some streaky patterns there, and in terms of regional favorability for these candidates, but right now, it is still a good night for rick santorum. had mitt romney lost ohio to mr. santorum, i think that it would have been seen as a spectacular night for rick santorum. the states that he won the night included north dakota, tennessee and oklahoma, but in the end, not ohio despite having been close all night. this has been a heck of a night. super tuesday tonight, and we are waiting for some of the results from alaska. which, you never know, might end up being definitive at any point. >> and sarah palin voted for newt. >> did she? >> sarah palin voted for newt so anybody who tells newt to get out, she will be all worked up about that. >> well,
it has also been a good night for mitt romney. mitt romney winning in idaho. winning in virginia where only he and ron paul were on the ballot winning his home state of massachusetts in vermont and squeaking one out in ohio. these are the of all states won throughout the country up to and including tonight. you are seeing some streaky patterns there, and in terms of regional favorability for these candidates, but right now, it is still a good night for rick santorum. had mitt romney lost ohio...
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romney loses. 50-100,000, mitt romney loses. how do you win a state when you loose every single income bracket in the state? oh, again, mitt romney wins among the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. that is the only group that mitt romney won that is the only group of voters mitt romney won in michigan or in ohio. he lost the primary or at best tied with voters in every single income bracket in both states, except for the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. how do you win a state when you were only winning the wealthiest sliver and losing everything else? ah-ha. mitt romney is not just appealing to the rich people in these states. he is inspiring the rich people in these states. turns out mitt romney's candidacy is driving up voter participation by the richest people in the country. this is amazing. in 2008 in the republican primary in ohio, the proportion of voters in that primary that year that were making over $100,000, 21%. that was 2008. 21%. this year, 30%. of the electorate is making over $100,000. those are mitt romney
romney loses. 50-100,000, mitt romney loses. how do you win a state when you loose every single income bracket in the state? oh, again, mitt romney wins among the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. that is the only group that mitt romney won that is the only group of voters mitt romney won in michigan or in ohio. he lost the primary or at best tied with voters in every single income bracket in both states, except for the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. how do you win a state when you...
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and what does that voter do when romney comes along if romney comes along in a general election in a swing state? does the the voter stay home? does that voter find something of another candidate, third party candidate on the ballot? that is where it counts. it doesn't count in the southern, oklahoma, president obama won't win oklahoma. romney, if he's the nominee will get the victory. what about all the people who think like that vote like that in the state. >> you're saying don't look at the problem of the south because the republicans will vote for whoever the candidate is in the south, but there is a little bit of the south all over the country. >> where else do you find that mentality in swing states? >> reverend al, when you look at the math, does that make sense to you? >> makes a whole lot of sense, i think that is the real problem they will have. i think also, ed is saying, if 75% of the people are dealing with religion and i know romney's people have always been concerned about that, it might be why he's not trying to get in deeply in a lot of these debates about religion a
and what does that voter do when romney comes along if romney comes along in a general election in a swing state? does the the voter stay home? does that voter find something of another candidate, third party candidate on the ballot? that is where it counts. it doesn't count in the southern, oklahoma, president obama won't win oklahoma. romney, if he's the nominee will get the victory. what about all the people who think like that vote like that in the state. >> you're saying don't look...
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mitt romney's 10 points below that. if you like republicans screw stuff up, this long drawn out process of trying to pick a nominee has been fun to much wave. has this been more than a comedy of errors for the republicans? is there a way they could turn the primary process and mess it has been this year to their advantage? for the general election? joining us steve kornacki with salon.com, nice to see you. >> sure, you too. >> is there any way for the republicans to turn what i think has been a long, drawn out primary mess to their advantage? is there a way this works for them? >> i guess the good news that comes out of this at least looking like right now the republican nominee is not going to be named rick santorum, newt gingrich, ron paul or rick perry. they will get the most electable or least unelectable option, so that helps. the other thing to look at bill clinton went through a meat grinder of a process on the democratic side in 1992, the year he got elected president. his comment when his poll numbers were low,
mitt romney's 10 points below that. if you like republicans screw stuff up, this long drawn out process of trying to pick a nominee has been fun to much wave. has this been more than a comedy of errors for the republicans? is there a way they could turn the primary process and mess it has been this year to their advantage? for the general election? joining us steve kornacki with salon.com, nice to see you. >> sure, you too. >> is there any way for the republicans to turn what i...
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that is matt romney, one plaintiff romn of mr. romney's sons. the only people in kansas are rick santorum and ron paul. newt gingrich and mitt romney have left kansas alone. now, are the northern mariana islands going to decide who is the republican party nominee? well, you know, could do. in a race this weird it's at least worth watching. nobody knows what will make the difference. there is something weird thaer starts tomorrow pertains to the side bar story of the republican 2012 presidential field which is the ron paul campaign. ron paul who has won zero states including zero caucus states, mr. paul's campaign had earlier talked about having a caucus straight strategy, they have talked about having just a delegate strategy. the ron paul campaign's delegate strategy is that even in states they don't win the popular vote or even in states they don't do well in the popular vote they think they can still maybe ultimately win the state for ron paul anyway and do that by packing the delegate process at the state level. you might remember ron paul's
that is matt romney, one plaintiff romn of mr. romney's sons. the only people in kansas are rick santorum and ron paul. newt gingrich and mitt romney have left kansas alone. now, are the northern mariana islands going to decide who is the republican party nominee? well, you know, could do. in a race this weird it's at least worth watching. nobody knows what will make the difference. there is something weird thaer starts tomorrow pertains to the side bar story of the republican 2012 presidential...
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when mitt romney signed massachusetts health reform, what they call romney care, when they signed that into law in 2006, that law reaffirmed the long-standing mandate in massachusetts that health insurance plans have to cover birth control. in doing that, in signing that law, mr. romney signed republicans like arkansas governor mike huckabee, who also signed a law requiring health insurance in his state to cover birth control. romney did this, huckabee did this, a lot of republican governors the did this. this was a republican policy. this obama travesty of justice that would be overturned by the blunt amendment, this was a republican idea, for years! when he said he didn't think employers should be able to deny coverage for birth control. the problem is that he was stating what the republican position was on this for years when he flubbed it. republicans like mitt romney and mike huckabee were for mandating birth control coverage before they were against it. and yet today, every single republican in the united states senate except one said that they, too, were against this. republican
when mitt romney signed massachusetts health reform, what they call romney care, when they signed that into law in 2006, that law reaffirmed the long-standing mandate in massachusetts that health insurance plans have to cover birth control. in doing that, in signing that law, mr. romney signed republicans like arkansas governor mike huckabee, who also signed a law requiring health insurance in his state to cover birth control. romney did this, huckabee did this, a lot of republican governors...
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that is matt romney, one of mr. romney's sons. his wife and some friends there. the only people in kansas are rick santorum and ron paul. newt gingrich and mitt romney have pretty much left kansas alone. now, are the northern marianas islands going to decide who is the republican party nominee? well, you know, could do. in a race this weird it's at least worth watching. nobody knows what will make the difference. there is something weirder that is worth watching that starts tomorrow. it's not getting as much attention because it pertains to the one of these kids is not the only sidebar story of the republican 2012 presidential field which is the ron paul campaign. ron paul who has won zero states including zero caucus states, mr. paul's campaign had earlier talked about having a caucus state strategy, that is where they were going to win but when they started losing the caucus states, too, they have since started talking about having a delegate strategy. the ron paul campaign's delegate strategy is that even in states they don't win the popular vote or even in st
that is matt romney, one of mr. romney's sons. his wife and some friends there. the only people in kansas are rick santorum and ron paul. newt gingrich and mitt romney have pretty much left kansas alone. now, are the northern marianas islands going to decide who is the republican party nominee? well, you know, could do. in a race this weird it's at least worth watching. nobody knows what will make the difference. there is something weirder that is worth watching that starts tomorrow. it's not...
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that is the thing about romney. the pitch is not he has a great personality or great plan, he will be good enough. the problem two things have happened, one is the economy in the last five, six months started to show signs of life. that hurt the republicans. the second parts the republican brand, how they handled congressional majority the actions of the governors and major states around the country, because of the birth control, social issues stuff for the last month, the republican label is as bad shape as since the clinton impeach mooent -- impeachment of the 1990's. it gets attached to mitt romney more than clinton who had personality. he did not have to deal with the brand poisoning romney has to deal with. >> is that in vef eightab -- inevitable, we're seeing the republican party get less attracti attractive, didn't that happen with democrats in '08? >> the process is exposed in a way what the republican party has become and who makes up the party and forced romney to move so far to the right on so many issues
that is the thing about romney. the pitch is not he has a great personality or great plan, he will be good enough. the problem two things have happened, one is the economy in the last five, six months started to show signs of life. that hurt the republicans. the second parts the republican brand, how they handled congressional majority the actions of the governors and major states around the country, because of the birth control, social issues stuff for the last month, the republican label is...
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a guy that might help mitt romney win the south. but you don't just get to say what you're agenda is. people figure out what you agenda is by watching what you do in office. watching what bob mcdonnell does in office is watching a culture warrior at work. joining us now is mark seagraves. governor mcdonnell appears on the show "ask the governor" we have month. it's nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> when democrats first started pressing him to fund the ultrasound mandate, to set up a system by women will not be forced to pay for the privilege of this thing they may not want but the state is forcing them to have, his office is dismissive of the whole thing. now it's a real issue in the budget negotiations. how do you think this new front in the all straw sound fight is affecting the governor? >> he would rather talk about jobs and the economy than talk about social issues. he's got to deal with this. the general assembly is much closer to passing their budget than they were a week ago. now they have to deal wi
a guy that might help mitt romney win the south. but you don't just get to say what you're agenda is. people figure out what you agenda is by watching what you do in office. watching what bob mcdonnell does in office is watching a culture warrior at work. joining us now is mark seagraves. governor mcdonnell appears on the show "ask the governor" we have month. it's nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> when democrats first started pressing him to fund...
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between the romney campaign itself and the affiliated romney super pac, they're at over 3 million romney bucks in wisconsin advertising. that's versus a little over 300,000 santorum dollars. for his part, mr. santorum is starting to sound like he realizes that winning may not be the only option for him this year. >> if he for some reason asks you to be the vice presidential canndidate on his ticket, would you even consider it? would you consider it? >> look, i would do, in this race, as i always say, this is the most important race in our country's history. and so i'm going to do everything i can. >> so you're keeping your options open? >> i'll do whatever is necessary to help our country. >> see, usually you say i'm running for president, not vice president. he could be my vice president if that's what you mean. unless you're not in the running for president anymore. newt gingrich got the same question on fox news and gave a similar answer. those might be the strongest indicators yet that this race for the republican nomination is ending. but there's one last mystery item tonight in 201
between the romney campaign itself and the affiliated romney super pac, they're at over 3 million romney bucks in wisconsin advertising. that's versus a little over 300,000 santorum dollars. for his part, mr. santorum is starting to sound like he realizes that winning may not be the only option for him this year. >> if he for some reason asks you to be the vice presidential canndidate on his ticket, would you even consider it? would you consider it? >> look, i would do, in this...
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it's not just tied between romney and santorum, it's tied between romney and santorum and gingrich who spent the past couple of weeks saying that alabama and mississippi were must-win states. this is the exchange between gingrich's spokesman and a "wall street journal" reporter last week. question, does he have to win alabama and mississippi to remain a credible candidate? answer, yes, he has to win. yes. thus setting up mr. gingrich to end his campaign if he didn't win either alabama or mississippi. so alabama and mississippi, hugely important this year. as long as newt gingrich and rick santorum are both in the race, it seems clear that neither of them can beat mitt romney. but if gingrich loses alabama or mississippi and thereby gets out tomorrow, then therefore santorum can beat romney. or maybe there's some reason for santorum to get out. it's fascinating. of course, now gingrich itself is saying he'll never get out. he said that on friday, and he said it again over the weekend. >>> you've got a little competition shaping up in alabama and mississippi. are these must-win states fo
it's not just tied between romney and santorum, it's tied between romney and santorum and gingrich who spent the past couple of weeks saying that alabama and mississippi were must-win states. this is the exchange between gingrich's spokesman and a "wall street journal" reporter last week. question, does he have to win alabama and mississippi to remain a credible candidate? answer, yes, he has to win. yes. thus setting up mr. gingrich to end his campaign if he didn't win either alabama...
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last night was fun a more fun night had rick santorum upset mitt romney in michigan, but even with the sort of anti-climax, i sort of liked the giant set and all of us being there all night. >> it was fun, and there was a lot of news there in the last hour. and how this is going to play out in ohio is very suspenseful and of course how it will play out in the senate with olympia snowe checking out, that, too, we have a lot of stuff going on. >> we have a lot of stuff going on. i got chellie pingree, so i'm excited. appreciate it, man. >> thanks, rachel. >> thanks for staying with us for the next hour. last night the whole political landscape for 2012 changed. it actually had nothing to do with michigan or arizona or rick santorum or mitt romney, off even ron paul's dell grate zrat at the gee. the entire landscape for washington for 2012 changed before we got the results of those two primaries last night. hold that thought. in april of 2010, just before he retired from the supreme court, justice john paul stevens did an interview in his chambers with a reporter for the new york times, a
last night was fun a more fun night had rick santorum upset mitt romney in michigan, but even with the sort of anti-climax, i sort of liked the giant set and all of us being there all night. >> it was fun, and there was a lot of news there in the last hour. and how this is going to play out in ohio is very suspenseful and of course how it will play out in the senate with olympia snowe checking out, that, too, we have a lot of stuff going on. >> we have a lot of stuff going on. i got...
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mitt romney's, 38% of the vote, rick santorum, 37% of the volt even though the polls have been closed more than 48 hours, mitt romney remains the apparent winner of ohio rather than the official winner of ohio, according to nbc news you can the were, you can sigh there at the bottom of the screen, we still don't have all of the vote in from ohio. only 97% of the vote reported here to nbc. it is unclear the delay in accounting -- reporting the vote. there was more to count this time around. in ohio, 1.2 million republicans cast ballots on tuesday but that doesn't mean that everybody who wanted to vote in ohio on tuesday got to vote. this is from cleveland's plains dealer. turned away from a poll willing place because his driver's license expired in january and his new veteran's affairs i.d. did not include his home address. ohio's one of a number of states across the country where you can't get a regular ballot to vote without showing documents that you didn't used to have to show to vote. now you can't vote in ohio unless you can show documents, usually with a photo included, that pro
mitt romney's, 38% of the vote, rick santorum, 37% of the volt even though the polls have been closed more than 48 hours, mitt romney remains the apparent winner of ohio rather than the official winner of ohio, according to nbc news you can the were, you can sigh there at the bottom of the screen, we still don't have all of the vote in from ohio. only 97% of the vote reported here to nbc. it is unclear the delay in accounting -- reporting the vote. there was more to count this time around. in...
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>>> that is in my district, we decided to help greet the romney supporters, if not romney himself. we had the president of planned parenthood of illinois and myself and about a dozen women holding signs that says, keep your mitts off our birth control. and lots and lots of media out there, out there with us, just to continue to send the message that women are simply not going to go along with mitt romney who said that, you know, he's just going to stop funding -- what did he say? he's going to end planned parenthood? get rid of it. those were his words. just a flip comment -- oh, yes, that he was going to get rid of it. that he was defund the $75 million, that's 0.002% of the federal budget from planned parenthood. >> heading in the illinois primary, it has been strange to see mr. romney try to out flank rick santorum on the right, saying he's too liberal on the issues like reproductive rights and mitt romney wants to be seen as more right wing than rick santorum on these issues. what do you think that's going to do to the illinois vote? >>> the problem for mitt he needs to double
>>> that is in my district, we decided to help greet the romney supporters, if not romney himself. we had the president of planned parenthood of illinois and myself and about a dozen women holding signs that says, keep your mitts off our birth control. and lots and lots of media out there, out there with us, just to continue to send the message that women are simply not going to go along with mitt romney who said that, you know, he's just going to stop funding -- what did he say? he's...
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rights and mitt romney wants to be seen as more right wing. what do you think that will do to the illinois vote? >>> the problem for mitt he needs to double down on this, in 2002 he sought the support of planned parenthood, when he was running for governor. so i think he feels like he needs to prove himself by even moving more to the right. it will be very interesting to see, rachel, how this plays out in illinois. we have a somewhat of an upstate down state difference in the voters, but the other thing about illinois and chicagoans, they like authenticity, we're a straightforward bunch here, i'm not sure if mitt romney with the fakeness he projects will be attractive to the voters here. >> democratic congress woman jan schakowski of illinois, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> not all friday nights are created equal. a candidate for the single most upside down paranoid attack on the president of the united states we have yet seen from the right is coming up. plus the one and only le wis black is our guest for the interview, stay with u
rights and mitt romney wants to be seen as more right wing. what do you think that will do to the illinois vote? >>> the problem for mitt he needs to double down on this, in 2002 he sought the support of planned parenthood, when he was running for governor. so i think he feels like he needs to prove himself by even moving more to the right. it will be very interesting to see, rachel, how this plays out in illinois. we have a somewhat of an upstate down state difference in the voters,...
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it actually had nothing to do with michigan or arizona or rick santorum or mitt romney, off even ron paul's dell grate zrat at the gee. the entire landscape for washington for 2012 changed before we got the results of those two primaries last night. hold that thought. in april of 2010, just before he retired from the supreme court, justice john paul stevens did an interview in his chambers with a reporter for the new york times, and at the age of 90, on the eve of his retirement, justice stevens said when he looked back at his career, when he looked back at every one supreme court justice who joined the court in the previous generation, in the previous 35 years, he told the reporter every single one of them was more conservative than the justice he or she replaced. with only two possible exceptions, over 35 years. think about that for a second. when a republican president replaced justices on the supreme court, they picked judges further to the right than the judges that were being replaced. also, when democrats picked new justices for the supreme court, over the past 35 years, the j
it actually had nothing to do with michigan or arizona or rick santorum or mitt romney, off even ron paul's dell grate zrat at the gee. the entire landscape for washington for 2012 changed before we got the results of those two primaries last night. hold that thought. in april of 2010, just before he retired from the supreme court, justice john paul stevens did an interview in his chambers with a reporter for the new york times, and at the age of 90, on the eve of his retirement, justice...